Coin-chute



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C. J. TAYLOR.

COIN CHUTE.

(Application led Apr. 29, 1898.) f (No Model.)

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Artnr COIN-CHUTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,530, dated September 27, 1898.

Application filed April 29, 1898. Serial No. 679,259. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES J. TAYLOR, of Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Illinois, have invented anew and Improved Coin-Chute, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates particularly to coinchutes designed to be used in connection with telephones at pay-stations; and the object is to provide a device of this character that shall be simple in its construction, comparatively cheap to manufacture, compact, and easily attached to or detached from an ordinary telephone.

I will describe a coin-chute embodying my invention, and then point out the novel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of .reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front view ofa telephone with a portion broken away to show my invention as applied. Fig. 2 is an inside view of the coin-chute, showing the parts in one position. Fig. 3 is an inside view showing the parts in another position. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a sectie through the line 5 5 of Fig.,1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a casing, through the chute 2 of which a coin is designed to pass. On one wall 3 of this chute is a fixed stop 4, and below the fixed stop 4 is another fixed stop 5. Movable vertically in the chute, at the opposite side, is a plate 6, having nearits upper end a stop 7 and near its lower end a stop 8. These several stops are inclined downward and inward on their inner edges.

Extended from the plate 6 through a slot in the casing is a pin 9, connectedl to an operating-lever 10, which in this case is the telephone-receiver-holding lever, and to this lever one end of a spring 11 `is attached, the other or upper end of said spring being attached to the telephone-casing. The stop 8 is in electrical connection with the talkingcircuit wire l2, and the stop 5 is in electrical connection with the talking-circuit wire 13, and it is designed that a coin lby engaging with the stops 5 and S shall close the talkingcircuit.

The device may be placed in a boX arranged near or at the side of the telephone, or, as

shown in the drawings, it may be placed within the telephone-casing, in which event a coin-tube 14 leads from the upper end of the coin-chu te out through the door or wall of the telephone-casing. The opening 15, through which the coin is to be inserted, may be made for any-sized coin; but the device can yonly be operated by the coin intended, as said opening is just large enough to allow the desired coin to pass through it, and therefore too small to allow the entrance of larger coins. When a coin smaller than that intended is inserted, it will fall through without closing the circuit.

The operation is as follows: Fig. 2 shows the normal position of the parts--that is,when the telephone-receiver is hung on the lever or hook 10 the said lever will be held in its downward position against the resistance of the spring 11. At this time the salient points of the stops 4 and 7 will be directly opposite each other, and the distance between these points is somewhat less than the diameter of the coin. The salient points of the stops 5 and 8, however, will be one lower than the other. After calling up the station or person desired thecalling party will drop a coin through the opening 15, and this coin will be engaged and held by the stops 4 and 7, as shown in Fig. 2. Then upon removing' the receiver from its hook or lever the spring 11 will move said lever upward, and conse quently shift the plate 6 upward, bringing the salient point of the stop 7 above the salient point of the stop 4, thus widening the distance between the stops and allowing the coin to engage with the stops 5 and 8, which are now directly opposite each other. While in this position the coin closes the talkingcircuit. After finishin g the conversation the hanging of the receiver on its hook or lever will move the parts to the normal position, widening the space between the stops 5 and .8 to allow the coin to drop into a suitable re-f ceptacle, and at this time the circuit is of course broken.

It is obvious that the stops 4 7 will prevent the falling through of a coin deposited before the Areceiver is removed from the hook, and therefore these stops provide additional IOO safety or assurance that the coin will ultimately perform its function as a circuitcloser. The stops 4 7 are of no particular use when a coin is deposited after removing the receiver from the hook, as in such event the stops 5 8 will stop and hold the coin until the receiver is returned to the hook.

Itis obvious that the stops 4f and 5 must be insulated one from the other. The inelining of the stops, as shown, adapts the device for the varying sizes between new and worn coin of the required denomination.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as neviT and desire to secure by Letters Patent A coin-chute, comprising a casing, fixed stops in said casing at one side, one above the other and insulated one from the other,

a vertically-movin g plate at the opposite side of thcl casing, two stops on said plate, one above the other, the two lower stops being in an electric circuit designed to be closed by a 

